10 Ideas For The Interested This Week

“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal.” — Vince Lombardi

In 1958, the Green Bay Packers were the worst team in the NFL.

Then, they hired Vince Lombardi as coach.

In his first meeting with the team, here’s what he said:

“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection. Knowing full well we will not catch it because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it. Because in the process, we will catch excellence. I’m not even remotely interested in being just good.”

“The journeys that matter most rarely come with a map. When you learn to mentor yourself, you become the kind of person other people seek for mentorship.”

Most people don’t have the answers you’re looking for — especially if you’re building something new.

Wes Kao explains the value of learning to be your own mentor and points out there are three situations where it’s especially important to do so including when it’s too time intensive to explain the backstory of your situation to somebody else, your work is confidential, or you’re in a situation your peers have never faced.

“You are in a game right now and you can’t see the clock so you don’t know how much time you have left. And yet, you’re free to make the game as interesting as possible — you can even change the rules.”

“In Facebook’s algorithm, the more engagement that you get, the more comments, the more likes, the more people are interested in what you have, the cheaper it’s gonna be to show that to everyone in their feed.”

I’m a huge proponent of Facebook ads and believe they’re by far the most cost-effective way to market your product or service…as long as you know what to do with them.